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HAZARA TELECOM REGION Map

HAZARA TELECOM REGION

INTRODUCTION:

The launch of this region is like laying foundation for providing broadband in un-served urban areas of NWFP. Hazara Telecom Region (HTR) consists of the following districts:

1. Abbottabad
2. Batagram
3. Haripur
4. Kohistan
5. Mansehra         

Hazara Telecom Region (HTR), as a whole, has a total area of about 17,500 Sq Kms, a total population (rural + urban) of around 4.4 M (i.e. 2.6% of Total Population of Pakistan) and a population density of 251 Persons/SqKms. This project targets an urban population of 0.6M in 17 Cities/Towns of HTR.

Narrow band (dial-up) Internet services are available through multiple operators in all the districts, either through Narrowband Pops or Virtual Pops, via fixed line dialup as well as narrowband wireless technologies. 10,750 connections will be provided through this project along with establishing 145 Educational Broadband Centres and 21 Communtiy Broadband Centres.

Auction Detail:

 

Region ID: 

Broadband HTR-1/2009

Advertised On: 

2nd March 2009

Bidders Registered: 

 

1.    Multinet Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. 
2.    Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) 
3.    Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd. 
4.    Wi-Tribe Pakistan Ltd. 
5.    Worldcall Telecom Ltd.

Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals: 
 

Following three registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on  15th June 2009;

1.    Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
2.    Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
3.    Worldcall Telecom Ltd.

Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders:

Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 30thJuly 2009. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target,  is as follows;

Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District

S/No.
 

Districts
 

PTCL
 

Wateen
 

Worldcall

1

Abbottabad

122,990,791

110,098,000

666,824,650

2

Batagram

27,415,505

27,836,000

133,802,130

3

Haripur

99,294,806

97,361,000

365,433,030

4

Kohistan

36,930,580

37,799,000

133,653,260

5

Mansehra

97,832,788

99,234,000

314,833,160

Note: Lowest Bids are presented in bold.

Result:

After the process of matching lowest subsidy and selection of targets (as per USF Broadband Bidding documents – RFA clauses 47, 48, 50 and 51), the contracts that have been signed with the two bidders are summarized below.

Bidder
 

Presence
 

Target No. of Broadband Connections
 

Target No. of EBCs
 

Target No. of CBCs
 

Subsidy Amount (PKR)
 

Contract Signed on

 PTCL

All 5 Districts 
 

7,500 
 

112 
 

19 
 

211,591,697 
 

24th Nov 2009 
 

Wateen

Abbottabad Dist.*

3,250

33

2

54,799,000 
 

24th Nov 2009

Total

10,750

145

22

266,390,697 

 

EBC=Educational Broadband Center                           CBC=Community Broadband Center

* LOI was sent to Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd for Abbottabad and Haripur Dists. however Wateen surrendered Haripur District, hence Haripur was offered to PTCL.

Current Status

 

PTCL

Wateen

Contracated

Provided

Audited

Contracated

Provided

Audited

Broadband Connections

7,500

7,199

5,625

3,250

3,443

3,250

EBC

112

103

103
 

33

33

33

CBC

19

19

19

2

2

2

Cities and Towns Covered

Contracted = 17               Covered= 17


For details regarding selection of Technical Auditor click here

PTCL

Technical Audit

Offer Date

Audit Start Date

Audit Completion Date

TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)

03-Jan-2011

17-Jan-2011 

09-Apr-2011 

TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)

03-Jan-2011

17-Jan-2011 

18-Dec-2013 

TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)

03-Jan-2011

17-Jan-2011 

06-May-2014 

TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)

 15-jan-2018

16-July-2018

 17-July-2018

WATEEN

Technical Audit

Offer Date

Audit Start Date

Audit Completion Date

TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)

12-Oct-2010

06-Dec-2010

11-Jan-2011 

TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)

23-Feb-2011

28-Feb-2011

25-Mar-2011 

TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)

15-Apr-2011

09-May-2011

30-May-2011 

TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)

30-Jun-2011

18-July-2011 

02-Dec-2011

Pre-Bid Information Package

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